Shade.



Patented lam- 7,1902.

w. A. HAYWOOD;

SHADE. v (A iplicqkion 119a Sept. 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ALFRED HAYWOOD, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SHADE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 690,72 5, dated January 7, 1902.

Application filed September 24, 1901. Serial No. 76,425. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ALFRED HAY- WOOD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shades, of which the following is a f ull,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a shade adapted to be applied to oneshat, so that the wearer may be shaded from the sun. The device is constructed so that it may readily be folded when not in use.

This specification is aspecific description of one form of my invention, while the claims are definitions of its actual scope.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat having my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the shade; and Fig. 3 is a view of the shade, showing the shade folded.

The shade is made up of a folding frame, preferably of Wire, on which is arranged a fabric covering. The frame comprises two pairs of bars 4, the members of each pair of which are pivoted together, as indicated at 5. These pairs of bars 4 are joined together by the eyepins b at each side, as indicatedinv Fig. 2. The bars 4: thus arranged are capable of foidingin an approximate parallelism by moving aronn'd their pivots 5, and the pairs of bars are capable of swinging toward each other on centers located at the eyepins 6. Fasteued to the pivots 5 are bars 7, which project longitudinally oppositely from eachother toward the ends of the shade, and arranged at the side of the shade in connection with each eyepin 6 are bars 8, which are two at each side.

9 represents the fabric covering, which is fastened to the inner parts of the bars 4 and connected to the outer ends of all of the bars 4, '7, and 8. This connection may be effected by any means desiredfor example, by means of the eyes in the pins, as indicated at 10 at the right-hand sideof Fig. 2.

The arrangement of the bars L-lS such that in the center of the shade when extended there is left an Open space capable of receiving the crown of a hat in the manner indi-' cated in Fig. 1. For this purpose the inner ends of the bars 4 are bowed slightly, as illustrated.

The shade when extended, as in Figs. 1 and 2, may be conveniently placed over the crown of a hat and will afford ample shade to the wearer. When it is desired to fold the shade, assuming that the shade be held with the bottom side up, as in Fig. 2, the bars 8, should first be turned downward on the line a a in Fig. 2. Then the barscshould be turned to getheror toward each otheron the line b b, Fig. When this is done, the bars 4 may be turned on their pivots 5, so as to lie against eachother approximately in the line cc, Fig. 2.

For facilitating the folding operation the cloth or fabric 9 on the bars 4 adjacent to the pivots or eyepins 6 may be turned down, leaving' the bars bare, as shown in Fig. 3. For

permitting this operation the cloth should be joined to the bars by casings formed in the cloth. (See Fig. 2.) V

I wish to explain that the particular forms of the various bars and the hinged connec- 'tion between them are not essential to my in-' two pairs of bars, the members of which pairs are pivotally connected together intermediate their ends, the said pairs of bars being pivotally connected together at their inner or adjacent ends, a side bar located at each side of the said pairs of bars and extending outward therefrom, and a fabric covering on the bars.

2. A shade comprising a folding frame formed of two pairs of bars, the members of which are pivoted together at their adjacent ends, side bars located at each side of the said pairs of bars and pivotally connected therewith, and end bars connected to the pivot of each of the said pairs of bars, the

"end bars extended outward oppositely from each other, and afabric covering-held on the frame. t

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ALFRED HAYWOOD.

Witnesses:

ROBERT COLLIER, H. N. BENNETT, Jr. 

